Monster Hunter Freedom

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is utterly thwarting its competition with nearly 2 million physical copies sold, even with new Sony-system titles being released thick and fast such as the acclaimed The Evil Within. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS drops down a good number of places, but this is largely due to the fact that those above it are all new releases with the exception of Monster Hunter.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf rears its head once more at number 18, and once again Mario Kart 8 is the only Wii U title on the charts, much in the same way as last week, which is a pity. It's at least encouraging that this amazing title is still in the charts after being released so long ago.

See the numbers below, lifetime sales are in brackets.

1. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 172,348 (1,945,850)
2. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 81,981 (New)
3. [PS3] The Evil Within – 59,388 (New)
4. [PS4] The Evil Within – 59,204 (New)
5. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 50,836 (New)
6. [3DS] Tales of the World: Reve Unitia – 47,037 (New)
7. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS – 36,625 (1,647,529)
8. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke – 30,497 (2,786,183)
9. [PSV] Super Hero Generation – 16,802 (New)
10. [PS3] Super Hero Generation – 12,566 (New)
11. [PSV] Chaos Rings III: Prequel Trilogy – 6,967 (19,402)
12. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix – 6,238 (123,546)
13. [XBO] The Evil Within – 3,233 (New)
14. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 – 2,821 (693,208)
15. [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online – 2,676 (111,276)
16. [PS3] FIFA 15 – 2,451 (23,062)
17. [360] The Evil Within – 2,319 (New)
18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 2,367 (3,800,198)
19. [3DS] Yokai Watch – 2,234 (1,289,968)
20. [PSV] Danganronpa: Another Episode – 2,132 (98,528)

In the hardware department, the 3DS LL (XL in the West) shows continuing signs of stability, although the standard New 3DS dips a little more, but that's to be expected the weeks after a system's release. The other 3DS systems are slowly dropping in number, which is hardly surprising given that there's a new, vastly more advanced system on the market now.

The Wii U drops even further, but thankfully recent figures show that it's not all doom and gloom for Nintendo's latest home console. With Super Smash Bros. for Wii U just around the corner, we'll likely see an increase in sales soon.

See the stats for yourself, last week's sales are in brackets.

1. New 3DS LL – 59,386 (60,348)
2. New 3DS – 21,281 (29,341)
3. PlayStation Vita – 12,230 (8,761)
4. 3DS LL – 10,665 (16,771)
5. PlayStation 4 – 8,942 (8,046)
6. 3DS – 5,258 (6,778)
7. PlayStation 3 – 5,138 (4,779)
8. Wii U – 4,273 (5,293)
9 .PlayStation Vita TV – 795 (630)
10. Xbox One – 613 (728)
11. Xbox 360 – 89 (88)
12. PSP – 76 (100)

[source gematsu.com]